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W. S. Gilbert on Christmas

1836–1911 England

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So I fell in love with a rich attorney's
Elderly, ugly daughter.

Trial by Jury (1875)

I love my fellow-creatures, I do all the good I can,
Yet everybody says I'm such a disagreeable man
And I can't think why!

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed (1919)

I know what love is. There was a happy time when I didn't, but bitter experience has taught me.

Patience (1881)

Heigh-dy! Heigh-dy!
Misery me, lack-a-day-dee!
He sipped no sup, and he craved no crumb,
As he sighed for the love of a ladye!

The Yeomen of the Guard (1888)

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